Vintage Starlet of the Day

The lovely Miss Ginger Rogers. Wow, now that's a breathtaking dress. So gorgeous. I just watched "Finishing School" on the weekend with my sister, and I adore her. Besides acting, dancing, and singing, Ginger was also a talented sculptor and painter.

My Latest Vintage Score

Well, 2 things actually. A plaid 1950's swimsuit, and some cute 40's platform heels. My next thing is hats, I want to find some vintage hats that I can wear. Oh, and if anyone has any info on how to style hair 30's/40's style let me know. I have curlers but I'm just not positive on placement.

Vintage WWII Era Dress

Oooh I'm so excited! More vintage clothing for me! I just bought this sheer 1940's gown. So of course now I need a slip, matching shoes, and maybe a hat....

Vintage Starlet of the Day

Vera Ellen in one of her many gorgeous dancing outfits. I love the polka dot gloves. I've been so sick the last couple weeks, so I haven't been able to find any real life clothing. As soon as I'm healthy though, I plan to make up for lost time!

Vintage 50's Lacey Dress

I bought this gorgeous dress last week! I also picked up a beautiful black 2 piece 1950's suit, and a light pink 60's dress. I met this sweet older lady and she gave them to me for a really good price! They fit perfectly too. Now I gotta work on finding shoes to match the clothes.

Ebay Dress of the Day

Wow, I haven't been on the computer forever, life is too unstable right now and I don't like it!

Anyhow, I know this isn't a dress, but its adorable. So this is my Ebay Favorite Clothes post or something like that. Starring a super cute vintage halter top that I wish was mine! With a built in bra too. I love it.

Vintage Starlet of the Day

Marilyn Monroe of course. It's about time I put Marilyn in here. I could do a blog just featuring her clothes, or shoes for that matter. And the reason I chose this picture? Those platforms! Check them out.

Vintage Garden Party Dress

I love finding treasures like this. Found this one a thrift store not looking like much on the hanger. But when I got it home and put it on the dress form, wow! Gorgeous, and with a big crinoline underneath it would be even better! I swear, decent vintage clothing is getting so much harder to find at thrift shops.

Vintage 50's Prom Queen

I can dream, can't I? Another dream would be that this dress wouldn't have a huge rip in it! But only I have to know that, because I covered it up with a flower!

It works pretty good doesn't it? For $6, I figured it was worth the try. Another idea I had would be to remove the top layer of tulle/netting over the bodice. Then it would just become a strapless gown, which would be nice except that the layer underneath is a little faded...I think I'll leave it for now. More clothing pictures to come!

Sparkling Vintage Shoes

Lucked out with these 1970's wedges. Not only did I find silver ones, but I found the exact same pair in gold! One set I found at a vintage clothing store, and the other at a thrift shop! So weird! And they're both in amazing condition. Crazy shoes.

Ebay Vintage Item of the Day

Gorgeous vintage 1930's dressing gown/robe. Even better because I won it! Finally. All the clothes I've bid on in the last couple weeks I've been outbid, but this one is all mine. The mannequin is kinda creepy, but it didn't scare me away. This is my oldest item now. Yay!

Vintage Clothing to Die For

Feast your eyes on this 1950's bombshell. I bought this gown a little while ago at a local vintage store for under $50, and it's perfect! No, it doesn't fit me, but I have tiny friends who can model it. I swear I've never found a dress so beautiful and in such great condition. I will probably sell it, but I don't want to! I want to display it on my wall, haha.

Sparkling 60's Vintage Purse

Picked this little purse up at a cheap vintage shop last weekend.
Looks sixties.
I love sparkly accessories...
I could never say no...
Then I found a silver box shaped one, and a clutch covered in fake pearls!
Ooh, and I also got a really cool hat box that's like a mini suitcase!
So now I have something to carry them around in.

Vintage Starlet of the Day

Betty Grable. What a doll. You gotta love the 1940's 2 piece bathing suit. It's easy to see why Betty was the favorite pin-up girl of WWII. She's absolutely adorable. Did you know soldiers actually painted pictures of her on the noses of their bombers? Now that's fan dedication.

Vintage Space Style

The elegant Jane Jetson.

This is actually the first picture I've seen of her wearing something other than her usual purple mini dress, so I had to post it.
Jane was basically a sweet housewife and mother who did absolutely nothing.
Their robot did all the housework, and dinner came from a vending machine.
So she was basically a lazy space wife.
She looks great though.

Love the sixties futuristic fashions.

Ebay Dress of the Day

Beautiful and unique, orange colored 1940's taffeta gown. What I wanna know is, unless you're hooked up to an old movie stars wardrobe collection, where do you find clothes like this? Even at expensive vintage stores and estate sales, I've never seen anything quite this glamorous.

Vintage Clothing Miracle

Finally!
Im back!

After not having a computer for 2 weeks, I can now post again.
So I'm gonna try and do a post overload the nest few days.
I'm starting off with a pic of this 1940's dress, because I found one almost identical at Value Village last week.
Yes, I said Value Village, it's true.
Never have I found anything this good there.
Now I probably won't find anything there for the next 2 years, but this was worth it.
The only difference is mine is more of an acetate fabric, where is this one looks satin-like.

Gorgeousnessssss....

Vintage Starlet of the Day

Carole Landis in 1940. It was almost impossible to choose a picture of her, as each one is more stunning than the next. Did you know Carole chose her screen name after her idol Carole Lombard? She looks like perfection, maybe that's why she was voted best dressed screen star in 1943.

Ebay Dress of the Day

1940's swing style dress. This is so simple yet so gorgeous. I actually just bought a vintage 40's dress this morning, and it's stunning. It's a miracle too, the waist was bigger than 24! Usually everything I find thats earlier than 1950's is so tiny. It's sheer though, so I can't post a picture till I get a nice slip to go under it:)

Vintage Style

Once again, I'm not usually into the vintage "style" or retro "style" in clothing.
Usually they're just cheap rip offs, trying to be trendy.

This dress however, I love.

It was on some vintage inspired fashion website, but you can tell all the dresses were very well made, and quite beautiful.
They're pricing was pretty crazy though, for non-vintage items.

Crazy but stunning.